Tag: Sexual Abuse

  Treating PTSD with EMDR

Episode 111 – Treating PTSD with EMDR Following on from the previous episode on treating trauma exposure therapy, Chris and Rowan discuss another therapy tool for treating trauma, EMDR. EMDR… Read more »

  Addressing Trauma Memories with Exposure Therapy

Episode 110 – Addressing Trauma Memories with Exposure Therapy Chris and Rowan discuss trauma memories and how they can be treated with exposure therapy. This is a two-part series on… Read more »

  Time to Face Inner Selves

  The theme of this article in The Geelong Advertiser is that it is normal for us to have at least some parts of our personality that are in conflict.

  Supporting Change with Chair Work

Episode 101 – Supporting Change with Chair Work  Chris and Rowan discuss a therapy technique called chair work that comes from Gestalt therapy and involves acting out different parts… Read more »

  A Freer Future with Physics

Episode 49 – A Freer Future with Physics  Chris and Rowan discuss a number of concepts from quantum physics and how they relate to psychology and our mental health…. Read more »

  Addressing Guilt and Shame with Self-Compassion

Many therapy clients experience difficulty managing guilt and/or shame. These painful emotions both involve a self-conscious or self-critical focus. They can worsen other forms of distress, including anxiety and depression…. Read more »

  Strengthening Self-Compassion

Episode 46 – Strengthening Self-Compassion  Chris and Rowan talk about an important topic, self-compassion. We discuss some reasons why people may not be particularly self-compassionate and then talk about… Read more »

  Dealing with the Disruption of Depersonalisation

Episode 43 – Dealing with the Disruption of Depersonalisation  Chris and Rowan discuss some strategies for dealing with depersonalisation, derealisation, and other dissociative disorders. We discuss a number of… Read more »

  The Snakiness of Psychopaths

Episode 29 – The Snakiness of Psychopaths  Chris and Rowan discuss what it means to be a psychopath and how they most often show up in our everyday life…. Read more »

  Demystifying Dissociation

Episode 9 – Demystifying Dissociation  On this week’s episode, Chris and Rowan look at what dissociative disorders are, how they develop, as well as their link to hypnosis. We… Read more »